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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1655, 11 March 1886, Page 4

. Sometime ; ago Sir " ; Julius was "concerned i"a the: .purchase : .of-» large tract of territory m Western' A'ds^rajia, wjiere it touches South Australia, wh£r<t it touches. ..South A UBtriilia) ' involving an area pf.IftOOO.OOQ, acres, at 2s 6d per acre. Sir fcreorge Grey has discovered f that no reserves have been made for jthe. natives. Although taking the' Average number of aborigines per square milein the colony, there must be a considerable number of native's on this rtraet of country. It is his intention to the .question brought up m the Imperial Parliament and investigated." liyreference to .the unemployed queg. tion'in, Chmtchurch a telegram .purporting to come from. Napier was' read gtating that there 'was employment for hundreds there. On inquiry : it. turned! out the telegram was a dodge to induce men to flock to. Napier and! so reduce/ the;rate of wages there, where there are already / : many ; good men out of - employ njeht. The eoncocier and .sender' of such a false and delusive siateinent 'should be ash'amedof themselves. ' ' r '.'' ' : "We have seen a, sample ,bf * the AuclU land, cartridges . which proved ! giich ap< ignominious failure at Wariganui the/, other day. Even a person who is; notf. ao 1 expert can at once discover grave de-; fects m them. It is a wonder that volunteers should have risked their, lives m usilig them, and a greater wonder ; still that: the, Government, having such au\ experienced man as Col . Whitmor'e ' to advise them, should have entered into a contract for. the -.purchase of a large quantity of this dangerous ammunition. To foster local industries is all vt«ry well, f. but the line. should' be drawn sKort of risking men's lives. — Morton; paper.